Who needs to color eggs for Easter when our hens do it naturally? We never tire of gathering their vibrant blue, greens, browns, cream and even pink eggs – all courtesy of Mother Nature herself. The incredible array of hues comes straight from the breeds of chickens that call our coop home. Here is a quick color key from our flock:
🐓🩵 Fact: Breeds like Ameraucanas and Araucanas lay beautiful blue eggs.
🐓🤎🤎 Fact: Marans chickens lay an array of deeply colored chocolate brown eggs as do our Wellsummers (which are also speckled!)
🐓 🩷💚🤍 Fact: Cream, pink and olive egg colors come from breeds like Easter and Olive Eggers. And Starlight Green Eggers never fail to lay the palest mint egg.
🐓🤎🤍 Fact: Barred Rock, Buff Orpington, ISA Browns, and Barnevelders lay beautiful shades of light brown eggs—some are even speckled.
Not only are these eggs naturally stunning, they’re packed with nutrition too. We’re honored to share farm fresh and colorful eggs from our happy hens with our community all year long!
Have a wonderful Easter, Friends!
Want to keep reading? Try 5 Fun Facts About Silkie Chickens, or Introducing the BombDiggity Broody Brew!.
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The breed colour guide, if you want to know who lays what.
New to chickens or building your flock? Our Backyard Chickens guide brings all of our coop, care, molting and egg posts together in one place.
Written by
Lane and Jules Morris
Authors and University of Tennessee faculty writing from our farm in East Tennessee about gardening, the farm kitchen, faith and designing a flourishing life at any age. More about us
